Description
Located in the north-west sector of Chablis in the village of Maligny, Pierrick Laroche now runs this family estate which was established by his father in the 1970’s. His father gradually gained planting rights and slowly added to the family vineyard holdings with the current size of the estate around 25 hectares. In 2010 Pierrick produced his first vintage to great acclaim (his father had previously sold the grapes to La Chablisienne). Pierrick has a degree in oenology at Beaune and thereafter travelled and did various internships to gain experience abroad before returning home to start making wine and take over the family vineyards for himself. His cellars are built into the side of a hill in the village enabling much of the work to be done by gravity and vinifications are done classically in stainless steel tanks with some of the premier and Grand cru wines aged in used barrels for a small portion of each cuvee where the wines undergo full malolactic.
Les Châtillons is located in the valley of Fontenay, to the southeast of Maligny and is the most calcareous of Pierrick’s eight Villages sites. Pierrick’s parcel was planted in early 1970’s (his oldest plot) and makes for an elegant, long, especially mineral wine and for that reason he bottles it separately. Roughly 15% is aged in wood (both barriques and demi-muids) and this is blended with the steel-aged remainder.
“Not made in 2020 – a plateau (below the PC) that’s got a lot of limestone – above Homme Mort – 50-year-old vines – the oldest parcel of the domaine – a part (50%) 600-litre barrel elevage. Less impact and more airy aromas. More direct again and clearly more mineral and incisive – the most classic of all so far. A hint of barrel – so wait another year or two before drinking but this is a properly great villages. The finish just so persistent. “ Bill Nanson, Burgundy Report, January 2024.
This really is super smart.. premier cru quality here!
RRP $81 Our Special Buy $68.99 when you buy 6 or more of this wine
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